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pnwpolicyangel aka Angelita 👼 @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

They asked me about my decorum and I reminded them women are being raped at Cornell, a woman running for Congress was raped in the middle of the night, so they should worry less about me being a bitch (a very gendered critique considering other behavior on council) and deliver for the working class

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mitch (he/him) @drmitchpdx.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

astonishing to see them file suit over this. it exempts 100s of thousands of Portlanders from the tax, while raising it a bit ($15 for the year) on those with the most ability to pay. it would be a shame if council had a hearing on the Clean and Safe ESD rates and how those have been hiked > 10%

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ben fryback @bfryback.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

and if we built the yellow like the link 1 line in north Seattle we would probably be seeing crazy ridership numbers all the time.... wild that the fastest yellow line trip is basically the same duration as the slowest I-5 trip

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Michael Andersen @andersem.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I have a confession to make. The townhomes I & others spent most of a decade trying to legalize are popping up all over Oregon & elsewhere...and I love that...but they're a problem in one big way. (get ready for a twisty thread about the housing report @sightline.org just published)

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Councilor Mitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We’ve got to do better than this. This isn’t my district, but it’s a harbinger of a broader threat to small businesses in Portland and how our restaurants can contribute to a vibrant street scape. I’ll be in conversation with the D3 councilors about how we can address this.

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Kori 🌹 @koriander.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Lock the fuck in. Everyone following me sign up

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Terry J. Harris @trryjhrrs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

An absolutely fascinating discussion on this stuff today and something that I didn't realize that I probably need to care about: It's not only about using data to determine the highest price you might accept, but using that data to give you less of a discount that might be offered to someone else.

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Portland Streetcar History @pdx-streetcars.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Oh look, a 1940 photo that shows one of my favourite weird Portland streetcar remnants: the nick out of the sidewalk on the northeast corner of SE 28th and Belmont that allowed the track to pass cleanly onto Belmont (on the left here, looking east on Belmont). It's still there today.

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matt tuckerbaum @mrtuckerbaum.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The owner of Flying Fish says the City of Portland is forcing him to take down a tent for covered seating that’s on the parking lot on the property. He says a replacement permanent structure would cost $100K. Anyone know on what grounds the City is doing this? www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/...

indiegogo.com

Flying Fish Patio Project by Flying Fish Company LLC Portland, Oregon - Indiegogo

Flying Fish Company in Portland Oregon is being forced to build a permanent patio structure. We need your help to cover the $100,000 cost.

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Brandon Mullen @brandonmullen.com · 19/09/2026

Be vigilant, friends.

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Sydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 18/09/2026

More people are saying this as just a general life advice:

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Steph Routh (she/they) @stephrouth.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

WashCounty Chair Harrington flipped off Commissioner @nafisafai.bsky.social in a public meeting earlier today. We need to talk about both the action, the coverage (YIKES to both), and the election this November. Let's get into it (1/3)

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Left Coast Reads 📚🌹 @leftcoastreads.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Councilor Eric Zimmerman went on a local podcast and blatantly lied about his colleagues and the policies they support. He said, "We have 6 councilors who said they want to investigate Oregon businesses who do business with Jewish companies." This is a lie and is downright slanderous.

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Councilor Mitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Here is my full statement on the tweets I made in 2020 regarding the police. The PPA, PPB, Mayor and several of my colleagues have all made statements following that Oregonian piece. The public deserves to know what I think about that and stand for - then and now.

portland.gov

Press Release: Councilor Green Police Tweets

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Sydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 11/09/2026

I was walking my dogs listening/watching on my phone and just going nuts with @onrepete.bsky.social

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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

You literally can't trust what these people say. They will say whatever they can to get council to give approval for what they want (which is whatever business or industry want) and then they will commit the City to something without authority.

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J. Wychodeski @deserteyelid.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Taylor is smart enough to know that while this bad faith argument won't hold, his ruminating would scare council into closed door session. Problematically, he left enough in chamber to suggest anything short of giving I² whatever they want would result in the City's financial liability to Zenith.

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

this list is so disappointing but also it's mostly earl ninsom (sad!!) and gabe rucker, the latter of which already outed himself as insanely out of touch during the foie gras kerfuffle

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amb @amb.fyi · 28/08/2026

Goes without saying it’s appalling to watch a narrative manufactured in real time insisting that councilors who carried water for the blazers billionaire bailout stadium deal should be celebrated for their “ability to balance a budget” or whatever

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Xavier Salazar @xsalazar.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Greenway intersections that have no priority bike/ped crossings have an amazing feature when a dozen+ cars use it as a cut through they just clog up the whole block waiting for cross traffic to let them out Shout out to SE Salmon and 30th, I love your pedestrian flags and missing concrete planters

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🔥 David Hell 🔥 @davidl206.city · 24/08/2026

Mayor Wilson managed, in the first year of her term, to do something that has eluded 30 years of previous mayors. I’m 50. The eastbound 8 has been delayed along Denny during rush hour during my entire adult life. Not anymore.

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Katie Wilson is in Beacon Hill this afternoon announcing a brand new executive order targeting changes dealing with traffic safety across city government. The five-section order is beefy, and I think it represents the biggest reaffirmation of Vision Zero in Seattle since the initial 2015 commitment.

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Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

as a reference for why I think these problems are "well understood", I really like this report the state commissioned in 2015: www.oregon.gov/lcd/UP/Docum.... still very relevant today!

oregon.gov

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Sydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 11/08/2026

The context about her views being shared by 79% of Americans in polls (when slanted btw) is one thing but the insistence that this issue does not matter since it’s only affecting trans people and it’s been settled by sports bodies is just so callously indifferent.

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Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

if this is going to be the line then fuck these guys

"The arena is only a small piece of that bigger picture," Dewayne Hankins, the Trail Blazers' president of business operations, told the council. "Portland's current stagnant business climate, high income taxes, and divisive political environment make this a tough city to invest in. It makes it harder to sell tickets, secure corporate partnerships and ...
recruit players."

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Sydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 30/07/2026

I remain genuinely shocked that the American public saw what USA Gymnastics did for over a decade and then let a bunch of people persuade them that all school level sports k-12 should be under the same rules as the U.S. Olympic ecosystem because trans people asked to play on teams where they’d fit.

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Councilor Sameer Kanal @councilorkanal.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I agree with this. I just don't want us to grow/progress/evolve in the direction of privatization, automation, surveillance, etc. when we could instead evolve in the direction of best-in-the-world public transit and infrastructure for active transit (e.g. walking, bikes).

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Kori 🌹 @koriander.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

@pbotinfo.bsky.social is at this public works committee saying that no transformative elements on W Burnside rebuilt b/c the rebuild will be phased. I’ve played this game before. Repaving will happen, in 5 years when no one’s paying attention the transformative elements will get quietly cut.

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mitch (he/him) @drmitchpdx.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

the fraudulent pcef theft petitioners are doing a #stopthesteal which i suppose is on brand

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joan @joanbybike.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The mayor released a video today about the Moda renovation, leading with a clip about historic Albina. There are many, many ways for the city to support Albina redevelopment efforts and AVT without a Moda renovation. It was so cynical and gross. ODOT levels of equity-washing, really

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Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

can't deliver the orange line and the central city streetcar loop cheaply or with high infrastructure standards -> submit an oversized capital project measure in 2020 packed with low quality projects -> struggle to regain riders post-covid because we can't expand service or do cost effective ops

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Mickolas @mickjpg.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I live off West Burnside and I want a safer (and frankly prettier) street, not just a smoother street. How about some wider sidewalks, trees for shade, slower cars, faster buses? @councilorgreen.bsky.social @councilorclark.bsky.social @councilorzimmerman.bsky.social @pbotinfo.bsky.social

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Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Portland: everyone who is seriously thinking of using our CLEAN ENERGY FUND to bribe our basketball team to not leave town needs to know that our transit agency is on track to cut nearly 1/3 of its service from what it was in 2025. Which is the greater crisis?

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Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

one of the most fuck ass charts I've ever made. I love census microdata

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Councilor Mitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Working to change this. Send me you recommendations, flag for all me the critical zone map update opportunities, request a meeting. Let’s chat and fix this together in Portland.

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BikeLoudPDX @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

One person is dead, another is in critical condition after 2 separate car crashes in PDX happening within minutes of each other on July 13 One of the crashes happened on Burnside & NE 24th. Here's the letter BikeLoud sent last week to @mayorkwilson.bsky.social @portlandcouncil.bsky.social & PBOT

Letter that says, "To: Portland Bureau of Transportation
Re: Improvements to West Burnside
We are writing to urge PBOT to immediately pause the West Burnside paving project. We are concerned with the lack of fiscal transparency on this project, as well as the lack of adherence to the Central City in Motion (CCIM) planning document. We should be taking advantage of paving and ADA curb projects that are slated to occur between 2nd and 24th Avenue to concurrently make pedestrian and bicycle safety improvements.
Respecting the CCIM planning process would achieve better long-term results, instead of locking in another 20+ years of the same deadly street. This would also be the fiscally responsible thing to do, taking advantage of a maintenance project to simultaneously improve safety.
The Burnside corridor could be Downtown’s main street, but PBOT appears to be prioritizing speeding drivers over livability. Tourists and locals alike want Burnside to feel more welcoming. We want to walk and bike to the Chinese Garden, Union Station, and Powell’s Books. We want to bike and walk to Providence Park to see the Thorns or Timbers play after a nosh on NW 21st or 23rd. West Burnside is an incredible connector, yet remains one of the city's most difficult and intimidating streets for people walking and biking.
PBOT's own analysis shows the West Burnside corridor presents an outsized safety risk. West Burnside is designated as a Major City Walkway and a Vision Zero High Crash Corridor with pedestrian crashes occurring at rates above and beyond the city average. Serious injury crashes occur West Burnside at twice the rate of the same section of East Burnside, placing the corridor between 2nd Avenue and 24th Avenue at the center of this safety problem.

Page 2 of BikeLoud letter to the City that says, "Many intersections along this stretch require pedestrians to cross multiple travel lanes while navigating high-speed traffic and frequent turning vehicles. Long distances between marked crossings encourage mid-block crossings, while wide lanes and turning movements reduce drivers' ability to notice people walking until it is too late.
The Burnside corridor deserves a comprehensive Safe Systems approach per Portland’s own Vision Zero action plan. The documented crash history along West Burnside shows that this corridor should remain one of PBOT's highest priorities for investment. We urge PBOT to press pause on this project so that Vision Zero-focused improvements are made when paving, and so that we spend our money wisely to make Portland a better place for everyone.
This is also a matter of good governance. It could be a quadruple win. A road is maintained, bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure is enhanced, and safety for all is improved.
Thank you for your consideration and for your continued work to create safer streets for all Portlanders.
Sincerely,
The BikeLoud PDX Board

References:
Central City in Motion Plan: Burnside (page 16, https://share.google/tdT0x6Y3hu1UBWzen )
Addendum 2.11: Integrate the Safe System approach into PBOT’s internal decisions and processes. Use the High Crash Network as one input to prioritize projects, maintenance, and paving. Integrate safe speeds and protection for pedestrians and people bicycling into project work and the Complete Streets checklist. (page 8, https://bit.ly/4pe4FyE )
Pedestrian/Bike Crash Data references Burnside from 2nd-24th. Sourced from 2014-2023 from Metro’s Crash Data Map https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/3c47887e50374a8babea54268634d20e

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Rip City Not Rip Off @ripcitynotripoff.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

21/ Councilors: read your own hand. You hold the only vote SB 1501 §5 requires. You hold a lease that runs to 2030, a signed stay covenant, a signed clawback, an accruing maintenance claim, and a Commissioner who just told the world the team’s future is Portland. You are not the hostage.

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Peter @onrepete.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Outside the central city, Portland's Comp Plan explicitly limits apartment zoning to corridors, a relic of racist and classist practices from last century. It's past time for broad rezoning, such as Portland Neighbors Welcome's Inner Eastside for All portlandneighborswelcome.org/inner-eastsi...

portlandneighborswelcome.org

Inner Eastside for All — Portland: Neighbors Welcome

Four floors and corner stores would make Portland's inner neighborhoods even better.

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Sam @flatmouse.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Portland should have a couple dedicated bike expressways. Closed to cars, and all stopsigns along it face cross-traffic. Even just one, running east/west, and maybe one north/south would be cool. This sharrow and afterthought bike lane stuff we got going on is not enough for cross town trips.

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Peter @onrepete.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Many thanks to Councilor Morillo for raising awareness of this terrible tragedy, just a few blocks from my home. E Burnside is a dangerous road with dangerous crossings, and it’s been the focus of recent advocacy from multiple groups, including Kerns NA, Buckman CA, Strong Towns, and Better Blocks.

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pnwpolicyangel aka Angelita 👼 @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

So the journalist uncritically quoted police (spread their press release without verifying the facts) and then…advertised for the ballot measure to raid the Portland Clean Energy Fund for more police? Journalism is one of the few things holding our democracy together. This isn’t journalism.

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Sound Transit confirms that it shattered its one-day ridership record on July 6 with the U.S. vs Belgium match. 309,000 riders pressed onto Link trains that day. 5.4 MILLION riders used Link during the entirety of June, easily clearing the previous monthly ridership record.

Egypt v Belgium Match Day 1: 221,000
Australia v United States Match Day 2: 297,000
Bosnia–Herzegovina v Qatar Match Day 3: 237,000
Egypt v Iran Match Day 4: 234,000
Belgium v Senegal Match Day 5: 246,000
United States v Belgium Match Day 6: 309,000

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Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

What's interesting here: The city auditor's office likely wouldn't have investigated this, and reaching this conclusion, if Rene Gonzalez hadn't sued them.

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Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I think the implication here that the mayor agreed to start lobbying the state for a fully publicly funded renovation before really ever attempting to negotiate with the blazers is quite damning

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Rip City Not Rip Off @ripcitynotripoff.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

1/ OK! We analyzed all ~5,300 pages of public records on the Moda Center deal — every email, text, contract, and invoice produced so far. Before Portland commits ~$850M+ ($1.12B after interest), here’s what every Portlander should know. It’s not the story you’ve been told. 🧵

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Michael Andersen @andersem.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Oregon’s model multifamily zoning code regulates size with “FAR.” What do floor area ratios look like? I went to one of the very few small-lot neighborhoods where Portland has re-legalized apartments, right next to I-5 in NoPo. See alt text for their FAR

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